The Clifton clarion., 1887-11-16
EXTRACT
From the Resources of Grahn n m
 County by J. IT. Vaughn.

Crossing the Rio. Gila to the
 north anywhere between the San
 Carlos agency and the mouth of
 the San Francisco, distance of
 over one hundred miles, we enter
 what is so far veritable ''terra
 incognita," know only to the few
 hunters or prospectors who have
 entered it from time to time in
 search of the minerals with which
 its mountains teem, or to trap the
 beaver and other game which
 sbound along the banks of the
 streams, which find birth in the
 valleys and canyons on the slopes
 of thesWhite mountains, its north ern boundary.
 This has hitherto been due to the Apache trouble" that terrible scourge against which our beauti- ful territory so long contended, and which so long clogged her steps as she strove to take her destiny appointed placeI in the front rank of the army of pro- gress.
 Watered, as this region is, by Black river, Eagle, the Rio Bonito and the Blue. and numberless other smaller streams, which rush from their snowy cradles on the majestic peaks of the Sierra Blancas, and after mingling their waters with the Gila, flow on to exercise the mysterious magic of their power on hundreds of miles of farms and fruit orchards and find resting place eventually on the bosom of the great ocean it. self, it is not surprising that 'Lo" only relaxed his hold on this magnificent extent of frrtile val ley and pine-covered mountains after a lasting and desperate struggle. At last, however, the periodical Apache raid IS thing of the past; his hold is broken and he himself, thanks to General Miles, is being taken where he will be safe. But the people of Graham county are not selfish; they have waited for the daylight through all these long and weary years; have experienced the hor- TOTS of Indian warfare, and held the fort in the van of civilization, secure in the future and confident that their county, the gem of the southwest. would finally shake herself free from all her enemies, and now that the era of prosperity, so long anticipated, is dawning in gladness over her hills, they take this means to invite all to come and help them enjoy the fruits of their courage, faith and persist ence.
 They haven't got any corner lots to sell at boom prices, either, but tue land is here as broad as all outdoors and as free as Gods sweet air or sunlight, with the water beside it, and only needing the hand of man to bring them to- gether in order to ''bloom and blossom like the rose" It is an undisputed fact that there is no other part of Uncle Sans domain where the home-seeker can reap as bountiful q reward in propor- tion to the amount of capital and toll expended, as in the south west; and of no part of the south west is this more true than of Graham county. But We want workers, not drones; men of thrift and industry, who will come pre- pared to put their shoulder to the wheel, and help us lift the car of and place it firmly on its track; and then sit down beneath ''their own vine and fig tree" and enjoy the sure results. By the way, that same expression is no mere figure of speech when used with respect to southern Arizona, and especially that DOT ton of it which it is the object of this article to bring to the notice of the outside world.
 The whole country knows what